cavity brick, generous single-storey plan, easy loft access. Loft-run cabling makes rewires and CU upgrades genuinely easy — a bungalow is often the cheapest full house to rewire.
If you own a bungalow in Neath and need consumer unit upgrades, the right spec is usually not the most expensive one. On this stock the sensible answer is metal-clad 18th Edition CU — matched to the wiring generation, not a lift-and-shift from a new-build brochure.
That is the standard we quote to. Fixed price, honest survey, SPD retrofit, and paperwork the next EICR won't question.
Loft-run cabling makes rewires and CU upgrades genuinely easy — a bungalow is often the cheapest full house to rewire.
Wiring generation on this stock is typically rewired 1980s–2010s; loft cabling is easy but often overdue for a CU upgrade. On a bungalow you should expect us to flag: old CU in a hallway cupboard, still plastic split-load; no SPD, no per-circuit RCBOs; extension added over the years with a mixed-vintage sub-board.
Materials and methods we spec on bungalow work: metal-clad 18th Edition CU; SPD retrofit; outbuilding sub-board with a dedicated RCD. Everything is priced on the quote — nothing added on invoice.
Focus on the hall cupboard, the consumer unit location, and the intended cable route. Usually 15–30 minutes on-site or a short photo set.
Priced against your bungalow's specific construction, not a template. Route sketched, materials listed, no line-item surprises.
Diary planned for the access constraint that matters on this stock — loft-run cabling makes rewires and cu upgrades genuinely easy — a bungalow is often the cheapest full house to rewire.
NICEIC certificate, photo evidence of hidden work, Part P where applicable — all emailed the evening the job signs off.
From M4 J43 the Neath area, bungalow addresses cluster in specific streets — we know the layouts before we walk in, which shortens the survey and firms up the quote.
Two things: old CU in a hallway cupboard, still plastic split-load, and the wiring generation — rewired 1980s–2010s. Both go on the quote, not the invoice.
Not unless the quote says so. On period stock in particular we route through floors, lofts and non-original plaster; cornices, dado rails and original panelling stay intact.
Common enough that we work on this stock most weeks. semi-rural cottages around Cimla, traditional terraces in Skewen, and coastal homes in Briton Ferry — the bungalow is a recognisable slice of that mix.
Loft-run cabling makes rewires and CU upgrades genuinely easy — a bungalow is often the cheapest full house to rewire. We mark the route at survey and price against it.
Bungalow stock isn't confined to Neath — the same construction era shows up across Swansea and Port Talbot. We consolidate diary days across the postcode.
If you take one thing from this page: the awkward part is the routing, not the install. On a bungalow, loft-run cabling makes rewires and cu upgrades genuinely easy — a bungalow is often the cheapest full house to rewire — that's what the quote should reflect.
Calling is faster than a form when the bungalow has quirks (old CU in a hallway cupboard). Two-minute triage, honest read on lead time, booked into the diary the same call.
